The JD Dragon Disability Rights Podcast: Exploring how disability and diversity are connected

Rorie McLeod will be telling us about the Canadian Museum for Human Rights located in Winnipeg Manitoba Canada If you would like to visit the museum or learn more about its activities and exhibits please visit: https://humanrights.ca/ If you have any questions regarding this show please send them to: atelierfuralle@gmail.com Please leave a review of this show

Dr. Mary Joan Camilleri is a clinical psychologist and psychotherapist who works at the University of Malta as the Head of Counseling Services. She'll be telling us about how her department supports students in regards to their mental health and how her department works to raise awareness health issues at the university. Learn more about the University of Malta's Department of Disability Studies:...

Michael Moynihan is a TD for the constituency of Cork North-West in Ireland and a member of Fianna Fáil political party. He’s also the currently serving as the Chair of the Committee on Disability Matters.

I just that this show has just received listeners in the “Central Region” of Israel, half-way between Jerusalem and Tel Aviv. I would like to thank my Israeli audience for listening. If you are Israeli and would like to be featured in a future episode feel free to send an email to: atelierfuralle@gmail.com

In 2015 Michael Debattista wrote his dissertation “Persons with Disability and Intimate relationships: Realities in the Maltese Context" which focused the experiences of individuals with disabilities in intimate relationships. Today he'll be telling us about his experiences as a student at the Department of Disability Studies at the University of Malta including his experiences researching and wri...

Christine Deasey climate and human rights activist who has Spina-Bifida. Check out her socials: http://instagram.com/themalteseglutenfreegoddess https://www.facebook.com/themalteseveganonwheels/ Please leave a review. If you would like to reach out please contact: atelierfuralle@gmail.com

 A while back I had the pleasure to chat with CRPD’s Communications Assistant Manager Nicole Marie Park, where she briefly mentioned the “LGBT+DISABILITY” visual podcast project. The Commission for the Rights of Persons with Disability (CRPD) in Malta has teamed up with the Malta LGBTIQ Rights Movement (MGRM) to spread awareness during Malta Pride Week 2022. This project focuses on persons wi...

When I launched the show back in November 2019 I noticed that the first ever group of listeners came from Leysin in the Canton of Vaud in Switzerland. Since then I've wondered who these people were and what drew them to my show back when it was still so new. If you are from Leysin and would like to reach out, please feel free to contact me at: atelierfuralle@gmail.com Please leave a review of this...

My episodes about Malta or featuring Maltese citizens are actually my most popular and they are also my favourite so I'm making this episode to reach out and say thanks. My sincerest apologies to the residents of Xewkija on Gozo if I messed up my pronunciation of your towns name, the same is also true for any of the other municipalities mentioned in today's episode. I am truly sorry if I messed up...

Activist and educator will tell us about her journey raising her son, who has a disability, in Malta. She’ll also be speaking about the advocacy work done by the National Parents’ Society for Persons with Disability, and local issues related to the disability sector. Learn more about the NPSPD and its associated organisations here: NPSPD: https://docs.google.com/file/d/1yYgjMSrmewUwI3tjsINL1Sfisnu...

Today we're honoured to be joined by Minister Anne Rabbitte TD. Member of the Oireachtas and the Irish Minister for Disabiities. She'll be telling us about how her work supports those with disabilities. Check out the Atelier Für Alle disability-oriented art program: https://www.atelierfuralle.org  If you have any questions about this episode, please send them to: atelierfuralle@gmail.com Learn mor...

Anne-Marie Callus is an associate professor at the University of Malta’s Department of Disability Studies. Today she’ll be telling us how  education for disabled children in Malta has evolved over the years and about the extent to which students with a disability are included in Malta today. If you think you might be interested in studying at the University of Malta, you can learn more about...

Today we're joined by Joanne Dacombe who will be informing us about the situation surrounding disability education in the Land of the Long White Cloud. She's worked with a number of organizations including: Autism NZ: https://autismnz.org.nz/ Autistic self advocacy network Australia and NZ: https://asan-aunz.org/ My Life My Voice https://www.mylifemyvoice.org.nz/ Disabled People's Assembly (DPA): ...

Bei allem, was in der Ukraine passiert ist, hatte ich eine Menge zu bedanken. Mehr über den Europarat erfahren Sie über den unten stehenden Link: https://www.coe.int/de/ Informieren Sie sich über das behindertengerechte Kunstprogramm des Ateliers Für Alle: https://www.atelierfuralle.org Wenn Sie Fragen zu dieser Folge haben, schicken Sie sie bitte an: atelierfuralle@gmail.com Bitte hinterlassen Si...

The war in Ukraine has left me with a lot to think about: Learn more about the Council of Europe via the link below: https://www.coe.int/en/web/portal Check out the Atelier Für Alle disability-oriented art program: https://www.atelierfuralle.org If you have any questions about this episode, please send them to: atelierfuralle@gmail.com Please leave a review of this show.

Malta's my fastest-growing audience and a country after my own heart. I would like to thank the nation of Malta and its people for their continued support. Here are the episodes I made about Malta: https://anchor.fm/dashboard/episode/e1hpuls https://anchor.fm/dashboard/episode/e1hfa9e https://anchor.fm/dashboard/episode/e1j6c8k https://anchor.fm/dashboard/episode/e1jalf1 Malta's incredibly dedicat...

On 27 December 2020 this show jumped from 872 total plays to 1.062 total plays basically overnight.  Whenever a massive spike in listenership like this occurs Canada's always the culprit. I would like to extend my thanks to the nation of Canada and its citizens for their continued support. Here are a couple of episodes I made about Canada: https://anchor.fm/dashboard/episode/ejfupk https://an...

Aufgrund der jüngsten Ereignisse bin ich besorgt über die Politisierung der Menschenrechte. Informieren Sie sich über das behindertengerechte Kunstprogramm des Ateliers Für Alle: https://www.atelierfuralle.org Wenn Sie Fragen zu dieser Folge haben, schicken Sie sie bitte an: atelierfuralle@gmail.com Bitte hinterlassen Sie eine Rezension zu dieser Sendung.

Due to recent events I'm concerned about the politicization of human rights. Check out the Atelier Für Alle disability-oriented art program: https://www.atelierfuralle.org If you have any questions about this episode, please send them to: atelierfuralle@gmail.com Please leave a review of this show.

Today's guest Nicole Marie Park grew up with a younger brother who has autism. She'll be telling us about what is was like to grow up surrounded by disability and her upcoming podcast "LGBT + Disability" Learn more about Agenzija Sapport and the CRPD using the links below: Agenzija Sapport: https://sapport.gov.mt/en/Pages/default.aspx CRPD:  https://www.crpd.org.mt/matthew-lgbtdisability-prid...

Have you ever considered obtaining a degree in "Disability Studies"? Dr. Vickie Gauci is a lecturer at the Department of Disability Studies at the University of Malta in Msida, a 13 minute drive west of Valletta and is also the university's representative on CRPD's Committee on the Rights of Person's with Disabilities.  She will be informing us about the department's course and how the univer...

As of 18 April 2021 Oliver Scicluna is the current CEO of Agenzija Sapport which provides the majority of disability support services in Malta. He previously served as both the Commissioner on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (26 April 2014) and as Malta's third MP with a disability, (18 January 2021) becoming one of two MPs with disabilities at the time. During his time as an MP Mr. Sciclu...

Malta’s my favourite country on earth. From megalithic temples that are older than the Great Pyramid, Stonehenge, the Acropolis and Newgrange.  The fact that it’s a tiny archipelago in the middle of the Mediterranean leads Malta to having one of the best climates in Europe. It’s also Europe’s safest country (EU membership since 1 May 2004 and Eurozone membership since 1 January 2008, officially re...

I just want extend a massive thank you to the University of Malta for supporting my work. The university offers a fantastic disability studies program and even offers lectures done by those with disabilities. Malta's one of my all-time favourite countries on earth and I hope that this episode will help open the doors to future episodes about the "Magnificent Mediterranean Marvel" that is Malta: Le...

I understand this may seem extremely trivial but this morning I witnessed a massive spike in plays from a country which doesn't often listen to my podcast. Scotland is my favourite UK constituent country (my sincerest apologies England, Wales and Northern Ireland) because of my family's ancestral connection to the country. Additionally the country's what in my opinion are the best accents, the bes...